INDOT To Chip, Fog Seal State Road 1

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 1:15 PM

By Indiana Department of Transportation, news release

The work will start June 11 in Dearborn and Franklin counties.

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(Dearborn County, Ind.) - Indiana Department of Transportation maintenance crews have been scheduled to chip seal, then fog seal, the six-mile segment of State Road 1 from S.R. 46 in Dearborn County to U.S. Highway 52 in Franklin County beginning Monday, June 11.

During three days of pavement preservation operations, S.R. 1 will be closed to thru traffic between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

INDOT pilot vehicles will be present to escort local motorists through the work zone between St. Leon and Cedar Grove on S.R. 1.

Chip seals coat the highway with liquid asphalt—sealing pavement cracks and protecting the roadbed from harmful ultraviolet rays. This extends service life and lowers maintenance costs. Small chips of limestone are used to cover the asphalt—choking it from spraying vehicles or sticking to tires. The aggregate chips also restore surface friction for improved skid resistance and driver safety.

Fog seals are light sprays of liquid asphalt that lock in the stone and further overcoat the highway with sealant protection.

These chip and fog seals are extremely cost-effective. Experience shows that every $1 spent on these kinds of surface treatments saves $6 to $14 in taxpayer expenditures “down the road”.

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